Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania and Slovenia had a GDP of less than 1pc

(ANSA) - ROME - In 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) of
the European Union (EU) amounted to EUR 15,300 billion (bn) at
current prices. Over half of it was generated by three Member
States: Germany, the United Kingdom and France, Eurostat
informs.

With a GDP worth almost EUR 3,300bn last year, Germany
reinforced its position as the leading EU economy, accounting
for over a fifth (21.3%) of EU GDP. Although its share of the
EU's GDP decreased by 0.9 percentage points between 2016 and
2017, the United Kingdom (15.2%) retained its second position,
just ahead of France (14.9%). They were followed by Italy
(11.2%), Spain (7.6%) and the Netherlands (4.8%). Romania's GDP
amounted to EUR 187.8 billion, i.e. 1.2% of EU GDP, thus being
the 16th economy of the union.

At the opposite end of the scale, eleven Member States had a
GDP of less than 1% of the EU total. They were: Malta, Cyprus,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria,
Luxembourg, Slovakia and Hungary.

The 19 Member States, which form the euro area, had a
combined GDP of nearly EUR 11,200 bn in 2017. The euro area
accounted for 72.9% of the EU's GDP. Germany (29.2%) and France
(20.5%) together comprised half of the euro area GDP, while
Italy (15.4%) and Spain (10.4%) made up a quarter.